Bedford School Chapel
Bedford School Chapel
Grade II* listed Bedford School Chapel was built in 1907, in the late Gothic Revival style by the architect George Frederick Bodley, one of the key 19th Century architects specialising in churches.
The chapel also contains what has been described as a ‘comprehensive collection’ of fixtures designed by Bodley before his death in 1907 - as the chapel was still under construction.
Built of English bond red brick with limestone dressing and a clay-tiled roof, Bedford School Chapel has a Nave with short-chancel, and interesting tower-porch and stair-turret to the southwest. The three-stage tower itself features single-light belfry windows and an embattled ashlar parapet.
Below the decorated, three-light window in the east-wall of the Chancel is a foundation stone dated 18th May 1907.
Created: 20 January 2023 Edited: 29 November 2023
Bedford School Chapel
Local History around Bedford School Chapel
There are some historic monuments around including:
The Moot HallElstow Manor House (Remains of)Mortuary enclosure 1200m north-west of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexPaved ford 400yds (366m) SE of Kempston ChurchEnclosures E of East End FarmBromham BridgeA barrow 1000m NW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexMotte castle in Exeter Wood, 780m south east of Wood FarmMortuary enclosure 900m NNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexShrunken medieval village at Milton Ernest, BedfordshireBarrow and mortuary enclosure 1100m WNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexYarl's Wood hermitage and moated siteOval barrow 60m west of Ranworth Walk, 650m south west of Westfield SchoolMedieval lime kiln off Castle LaneOakley churchyard crossKempston Hardwick moated siteBedford BridgeBedford Castle motte and baileySite discovered by aerial photography S of villageSite of Newnham PrioryManor Farm moated siteOakley BridgeNeolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex 600m NW of Octagon FarmTwo barrows 500m NE of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexMavourn moated site, with associated fishponds, enclosures and deserted settlement siteRemains of the George InnThree barrows and a rectilinear enclosure 1000m NNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neotlithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexSettlement site N of Chapel End FarmA barrow 400m north of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexMoated site with garden earthworks at Bletsoe CastleMowsbury Hill: slight univallate hillfort and medieval moated site.
